The Problem of Old Age in India

By
V.P.Singh
A man's life is normally divided into five main stages namely infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. In each of these stages an individual has to find himself in different situations and face different problems. The old age is not without problems. In old age physical strength deteriorates, mental stability diminishes; money power becomes bleak coupled with negligence from the younger generation.There are 81million older people in India.The capital of India Delhi itself 11 lakh. According to an estimate nearly 40% of senior citizens living with their families are reportedly facing abuse of one kind or another, but only 1 in 6 cases actually comes to light. Although the President has given her assent to the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act which punishes children who abandon parents with a prison term of three months or a fine, situation is grim for elderly people in India.

According to NGOs incidences of elderly couples being forced to sell their houses are very high. Some elderly people have also complained that in case of a property dispute they feel more helpless when their wives side with their children. Many of them suffer in silence as they fear humiliation or are too scared to speak up. According to them a phenomenon called 'grand dumping' is becoming common in urban areas these days as children are being increasingly intolerant of their parents' health problems.After a certain age health problems begin to crop up leading to losing control over one's body, even not recognizing own family owing to Alzheimer are common in old age. It is then children began to see their parents as burden. It is these parents who at times wander out of their homes or are thrown out. Some dump their old parents or grandparents in old-age homes and don't even come to visit them anymore. Delhi has nearly 11 lakh senior citizens but there are only 4 government's run homes for them and 31 by NGOs, private agencies and charitable trusts. The facilities are lacking in government run homes.
Rights of the Elderly :
• Parents cannot be evicted from a house without due process of law if they have been staying there from before. There is three enactments that can be applied.
• Under section 125 of the Criminal Procedure code (Cr.Pc.), a magistrate can order a child to maintain his old parents under the Maintenance of Parents Act.
• The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act say an aged parent can demand maintenance from children in the same way that a wife can demand it from her husband.
The Domestic Violence Act too provides parents with the right to seek relief from any kind of abuse.A National Policy on older persons was announced in January 1999 which identified a number of areas of intervention-financial security, healthcare and nutrition, shelter, education, welfare, protection of life and property for the wellbeing of older persons in the country. A National Council for Older Persons (NCOP) was constituted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to operationalize the National Policy on older persons.

V.P.Singh
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Uttar Pradesh topes in the women kidnakking

Uttar Pradesh topes in the women kidnapping:-
By
V.P.Singh


Women rule in Uttar Pradesh but women’s are not seem safe .Total 21726 acts of abduction of women in the year of 2009 took place in U.P. has resulted in most of all over the country. The figures published report of NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) in the solution itself is exposed to the bitter truth. After U.P. came Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam and then comes number of the Bihar. It only figures that they have entered into the records of police stations. Hundreds of the matter is that which is given to the police station before being died. State command of the woman hand’s even in the Uttar Pradesh is the lead dowry female murders and the kidnapping case. It confirms two months ago was brocaded National Crime Records Bureau report "Crime in India 2009" .
According to the report total 21726 kidnappings in country of women out of these Uttar Pradesh is the highest with 5078 women kidnapping. The U.P. partnership is 19.70%, which in itself tells the story of crimes, occur with female. Rajasthan is come second with 2310 is the 9% While the third comes West Bengal where the 2187 case of kidnapping is the ratio of 8.50%. Also female was kidnapped in Assam in 2092, which is the 8.10% the poor state of Bihar 1986 was female kidnapped is the 7.70%.
Four cities in top ten of Uttar Pradesh including in the Meerut:-
According of the NCRB report total women occurred in the country seventy largest cities reviewed the acts of abduction, Four cities was covered of Uttar Pradesh in top ten including Meerut .That is the enough to raise the question on the ruling Uttar Pradesh government.
The capital of India Delhi highest with 1379 kidnapping. The Uttar Pradesh capital of Lucknow was second with 239 kidnapping in the Kanpur 227, Jaipur 189, Ahmedabad 132, Agra 127 and the Meerut 79 were female kidnapping cases.
It is evident women chief minister of the state .The despite are not outraged at the female. Keeping in the mind the forth coming assembly election you must taken fair and effective steps for their safety else your and former state government is will be no any longer difference.

V.P.Singh
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